ASX Update: Index Eyes 7200 as Peace Talks Progress

The Market Herald2022-03-16

Technology stocks and defensive sectors steered the ASX higher on Wednesday as energy and mining stocks shook off early weakness.The S&P/ASX 200 climbed 72 points or 1.01 per cent to 7169 by mid-...

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2022-03-16
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2022-03-16
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It looks promising that Ukraine said that there has been progress made on the peace talks with Russia. Let it be concluded soon so that we can have less volatility in the market s. Tonight all eyes are focused on the Feds meeting to decide on the interest rate rise. Let's have more good news please. 🙏🙏🙏@TigerStars
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Today’s advance lifted the index towards the upper end of the range.Bond yields retreated ahead of tonight’s USFederal Reserverates decision.“There is wide expectation that the central bank will announce an increase of 25 basis points in its short-term rate amidst mounting inflationary pressures. While inflation is standing at its highest level in decades, the Fed is likely to cautiously tackle the high inflation while keeping economic growth in check,” Kalkine’s Sawhney said.Going upBorrowing-dependent growth stocks set the pace. Afterpay parent company Block lifted 7.1 per cent, Life360 4.73 per cent and WiseTech 3.48 per cent. Xero added 3.2 per cent, Appen 2.99 per cent and Zip Co 3.01 per cent.Magellan bounced 4.33 per cent off a seven-and-a-half-year low on news the fund manager will buy back up to 10 million shares on-market to support the struggling share price. The buyback covers up to 5.4 per cent of shares on issue.Chair Hamish McLennan said, “We believe the on-market buy-back announced today represents an effective way to enhance value for shareholders.”Travel stocks rallied after New Zealand announced it will open its borders to vaccinated Australians from April 13. Corporate Travel Management put on 4.28 per cent, Qantas 3.04 per cent and Webjet 2.37 per cent.Several junior mining companies surged after winning election-year government handouts.Alpha HPA jumped 14.14 per cent on news of a $45 million federal grant to develop its refining technology for extracting and purifying alumina in Queensland.Arafura Resources secured $30 million to construct a rare earth separation plant in the Northern Territory. The share price jumped 17.95 per cent.Australian Vanadium rallied 31.43 per cent after winning a $49 million grant for a vanadium project in WA. All three grants were awarded under the federal government’s Modern Manufacturing Initiative.Poseidon Nickelwas also expected to benefit through a partnership with privately-owned Pure Battery Technologies. Trade in the company’s shares was halted pending an announcement on a “significant funding development”.Outdoor adventure group Kathmandu firmed 2.54 per cent after changing its trading name from Kathmandu Holdings to KMD Brands. The new name reflects the group’s widening interests since acquiring Rip Curl and Oboz. The share ticker remained unchanged as KMD.Suncorp increased its estimate of natural hazard costs for the year to $1.1 billion from $1.075 billion after receiving 34,000 claims relating to flooding in Queensland and NSW. The insurer said its net loss was unchanged and it was well protected for the remainder of the year. 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Let it be concluded soon so that we can have less volatility in the market s. Tonight all eyes are focused on the Feds meeting to decide on the interest rate rise. 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